5.23. Mktemp-1.5

The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary files in shell scripts.

5.23.1. Installation of Mktemp

Prepare Mktemp for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools --with-libc

The meaning of the configure options:

--with-libc

This causes the mktemp program to use the mkstemp and mkdtemp functions from the system C library.

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.19.2, “Contents of Mktemp.”